CUPERTINO, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — December 14, 2017 —
Apple® today announced a major update to its professional video editing
app, Final Cut Pro® X, with new features including 360-degree VR video
editing, advanced color grading tools and support for High Dynamic Range
(HDR) video. Optimized to take full advantage of the incredible
performance capabilities of the all-new iMac Pro™, Final Cut Pro users
can now edit full-resolution 8K video for the first time on a Mac®.
Apple is also extending 360-degree VR video support to Final Cut Pro
companion apps, Motion® and Compressor. Today, with more than 2 million
seats, Final Cut Pro X is the most popular version of the software ever
and is used by professional video editors to create incredible works of
art, from award-winning Hollywood feature films and commercials, to
international broadcasts and the world’s most popular YouTube videos.

“With new features like 360-degree VR editing and motion graphics,
advanced color grading and HDR support, Final Cut Pro gives video
editors the tools to create stunning, next-generation content,” said
Susan Prescott, Apple’s vice president of Apps Product Marketing. “When
combined with the performance of Mac hardware, including the all-new
iMac Pro, Final Cut Pro provides an incredibly powerful post-production
studio to millions of video editors around the world.”

Final Cut Pro lets professional editors create VR content with the
ability to import, edit and deliver 360-degree video and view the
project in real time through a connected HTC VIVE headset with SteamVR.
Users can easily add 360-degree titles in 2D or 3D; apply blurs, glows
and other immersive effects; and use visual controls to straighten
horizons or remove camera rigs from equirectangular videos. Standard
photos and videos can also be added to VR projects and 360-degree video
can be shared directly to popular websites including YouTube, Facebook
and Vimeo.

With support for the most popular HDR formats, Final Cut Pro gains
access to an expanded range of brightness levels to deliver incredibly
realistic images. Editors can output video to HDR monitors using I/O
devices from AJA and Blackmagic with brightness levels up to 10,000
nits. The new color grading tools support both HDR and Standard Dynamic
Range (SDR) video, and with tone mapping, users can easily change HDR to
SDR output for broadcast.

Motion 5.4 enables users to create immersive 360-degree VR titles and
effects that can be instantly accessed in Final Cut Pro. The update also
makes it easy to convert between any type of Motion project at any time,
create realistic spring-loaded animations with the new Overshoot
behavior and apply photographic-inspired looks with new filters.
Compressor 4.4 lets users deliver 360-degree video with
industry-standard spherical metadata. Compressor also lets users export
HEVC and HDR video, while adding a range of new options for delivering
MXF files.

Pricing and Availability

Final Cut Pro 10.4 is available as a free update today for existing
users, and for $299.99 for new users on the Mac App Store®. Motion 5.4
and Compressor 4.4 are also available as a free update today for
existing users, and for $49.99 each for new users on the Mac App Store.
Education customers can purchase the Pro Apps Bundle for Education for
$199.99. For more information, please visit:
apple.com/final-cut-pro.

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